24 April 2016

The PyroManiacsdevote some space each weekend to highlights from the lifetime of works from the Prince of Preachers, Charles Haddon Spurgeon. The following excerpt is from The Gospel of the Kingdom, page 34, Pilgrim Publications.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10. "Oh, that thou mayest reign over all hearts and lands!"

Men have thrown off
their allegiance to our Father, God; and we pray with all our might that he
may, by his almighty grace, subdue them to loyal obedience. We long for
the coming of King Jesus; but meanwhile we cry to our Father, “Thy
kingdom come.”

We desire for the supreme will to be done in earth,
with a cheerful, constant, universal obedience like that of “heaven.” We
would have the Lord’s will carried out, not only by the great physical
forces which never fail to be obedient to God, but by lovingly active
spirits; by men, once rebellious, but graciously renewed.

Oh, that all
who say this prayer may display on earth the holy alacrity of obedience
which is seen in the happy, hearty, united, and unquestioning service of
perfect saints and angels before the throne. Our heart’s highest wish is for
God’s honour, dominion, and glory.

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